Sugarpie (and later Bangles...way to come in 2nd) Live Blogs The 2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies

The Germans are wearing pink and blue. Blue for boys...Pink for girls. How gender appropriate.

Absolutely Beautiful:

Apparently Hungary is a powerhouse in mens water polo.

Here are some images

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Now there are children singing God Save The Queen. They said to stand....I didn't

Update....the Queen still looks pissed.

That's it, sub her out, bring in the young, enthusiastic one


Edit: BTW, Nice pics

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Bangledesh is now being introduced.

Boosh.

Where the fuck you all at?

Uh huh. That's right. Suck it.

Olympic indahaus!

Russia's flag bearer Maria Sharapova

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The Queen looks more bored than pissed now.

Most of you won't get to see this, but CTV (Canadian Television Network) commentator Brian Williams is really giving it to some of the Middle Eastern counties about their stance on allowing women and gays to compete.

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Ok...apparently that was just for show. It really wasn't the Queen, but she did just enter the stadium.

Boo. I don't care if she is 105 years old. You've gotta sell your Olympic Spirit!

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Earlier there was a really cool act where they kinda reinacted bits from the industrial revolution and forged the Olympic rings from molten steel.

Cool. Did they use poor little english teeange boys with smudged faces to smelt it? (Because that's what I picture when I think of the industrial revolution)

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Now there are children singing God Save The Queen. They said to stand....I didn't

I bet you're ashamed every time you look at your money and see the queen staring at you with those cold-unforgiving eyes, knowing you didn't respect her properly.

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About 150 beds on stage with kids in them...having bedtime stories read to them. Their blankets light up. Very cool visually.

Jerry Sandusky is sooooo pissed that his jail cell only gets the Olympics on the NBC cable delay.

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Mr Bean is part of the orchestra.

Shenanigans will ensue.

If by Shenanigans you mean thousands of people across the world rolling their eyes and saying to their significant other, "Why do people think this moron is funny?" then yes, they will ensue.

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Video footage of the famous running on the beach scene. Mr Bean has been superimposed into it. He's driving a car in an attempt to win the race.

Oh, that old gag!

A REAL KNEE-SLAPPER, THAT MR. BEAN! HARHARHAR!

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Bowie, The Stones, The Beatles, Queen, Sex Pistols....to name a few.

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New Order, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Annie Lennox, Genesis.

We're also seeing clips from a lot of famous British movies.

What, no Elton John or Oasis? THIS IS BULLSHIT!

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Weird...they are doing a "in memorial" for everyone in attendance. People submitted pictures of loved ones they lost this past year and they are flashing them on the video screen.

Seems kinda weird to me.

Nah, I love to start all my gigantic, multi-billion dollar parties with a huge downer in which everyone talks about the worst thing to happen to them recently. Really perks up the crowd.

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Albania has never won an Olympic medal.

Algeria is in their 12th Olympic games.

An athlete from American Somoa is wearing socks with sandals.

American Samoa, you losers.

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Damn Australia has some good looking people.

Apparently they also sewed a real gold thread into each of the athletes jackets that they are wearing tonight.

That's where that bouncy hurdler chick is from, I think.

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Bangledesh is now being introduced.

Good to see he got bullets in time to return to the queue.

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Brazil is being introduced. Of course they host the 2016 games.


On an entirely unrelated note. Latin girls can be really gorgeous.

They can be a little hairy. I mean, if they don't take care of themselves so great. Which most do. Because, you know, that's where "Brazilian Wax" came from. Perhaps their greatest export.

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Holy crap Columbia's flag bearer is HOT!

Are vampires allowed to compete in the Olympics? I think that's cheating, because their diet is pure blood-doping and they've got that whole super-human strength thing. I call foul.

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Russia's flag bearer Maria Sharapova

Okay, now that's how you enter in style. <insert joke about flag "pole" here>

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Most of you won't get to see this, but CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) commentator Brian Williams is really giving it to some of the Middle Eastern counties about their stance on allowing women and gays to compete.

Canada has a Brian Williams?

I thought he was from the US of A? WHY U STEALIN THE US'S ANNOUNCER?

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Canada has a Brian Williams?

I thought he was from [ Link ]? WHY U STEALIN THE US'S ANNOUNCER?

Yeah kinda weird huh?

Actually during the Vancouver games, The US Brian Williams was interviewed by the Canadian Brian Williams...hilarity ensued.

, I bet it wasn't as hilarious as that knee-slapper Mr. BEAN!

Seriously though, make sure to check out my 100 replies to this thread on the last page.

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, I bet it wasn't as hilarious as that knee-slapper Mr. BEAN!

Seriously though, make sure to check out my 100 replies to this thread on the last page.

Actually the Mr Bean bit wasn't that bad....it could have been way worse.

I saw your gazilion replies. I'll reply shortly.

The American team is entering.

You guys are looking good...all be it conflicted. Uniforms made in China and wearing French berets.

Rowan Atkinson is a legend. His Bean routine was sheer class.

I thought it was boring at first, untill the music kicked in.

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You guys are looking good...all be it conflicted. Uniforms made in China and wearing French berets.

That's why they call the US a melting pot...just take all the other nations' good shit and pretend nobody will notice.

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Rowan Atkinson is a legend. His Bean routine was sheer class.

I thought it was boring at first, untill the music kicked in.

He's a legend of poop. He's like the three stooges except there's only one of him and they did it first like a century ago.

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Boo. I don't care if she is 105 years old. You've gotta sell your Olympic Spirit!

Shhh....I think she's sleeping now.

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Cool. Did they use poor little english teeange boys with smudged faces to smelt it? (Because that's what I picture when I think of the industrial revolution)

As a matter of fact...I think so.

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I bet you're ashamed every time you look at your money and see the queen staring at you with those cold-unforgiving eyes, knowing you didn't respect her properly.

Meh...she's not my Queen

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What, no Elton John or Oasis? THIS IS BULLSHIT!

I think there was some Elton too.

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American Samoa, you losers.

I know right? Soooo Lame.

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That's where that bouncy hurdler chick is from, I think.

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Are vampires allowed to compete in the Olympics? I think that's cheating, because their diet is pure blood-doping and they've got that whole super-human strength thing. I call foul.

Best pic I could find on short notice.

The Brits have entered the building!

Kinda weird uniforms. Whats with the cold collars England? I know its to symbolize gold medals...but it looks a little disco.